I'll miss the whole sordid affair. I've changed considerably since I first started posting here in '99. Some of the people who have posted here long term have had a profound influence in shaping my political and religious beliefs over the years. I now hold the belief that if our personal views are never challenged, we would never see the weaknesses that accompany our often ill formed ideologies. People like Hugin, Bailey, Warren Marshall and many others have all taught me something about life, games, politics and religion over the years. In retrospect, I never thought that a site called "PlanetCrap" would have impacted me this much, but it has.

If the plug is actually going to be pulled on Planetcrap, I'd like to thank Morn for all of the effort he has put in over the years.

What will I miss the most?

Discussing Games.

'Nuff said.

"Everybody needs his memories. They keep the wolf of insignificance from the door."

Twitter is terrible. Particularly when people write long form articles on it, with numbers on them so that you can reassemble it into a semi-coherent form.

"Terry Goodkind has exceeded the scope of wisdom of the Bible and the Koran combined. The magnitude of the message was so profound, I was completely taken off guard. The ability of Terry Goodkind to write what he wrote, marks him as likely one of our race's most profound thinkers alive today." - Random Shelfari user

Anyway, my fondest memories are jetski vs table (table!), the minecraft server (Still have a copy of the world), and PenguinX sending us totally legal DVDs with archival copies of ROM-type data.

"Terry Goodkind has exceeded the scope of wisdom of the Bible and the Koran combined. The magnitude of the message was so profound, I was completely taken off guard. The ability of Terry Goodkind to write what he wrote, marks him as likely one of our race's most profound thinkers alive today." - Random Shelfari user

Actually yeah that minecraft server was pretty sweet. Minecraft doesn't do it for me but that was the closest I had to fun with it (and all I did was make a big hole). I really liked the big overview pictures someone generated.. who was that?

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you.":: - FML

One of my favorite PC moments was chatting with JJ, meeting his wife and kids, and drinking delicious Oreo milkshakes she made. And somehow I've always remembered Caryn finally making me understand that I need to communicate clearly when writing. Or the time I met Chunky for drinks. And when.. shit, I forget her handle, but she passed through Iceland and stayed in my apartment. Penguin was always great. Dum's amazing comics. People respecting my tastes in movies and games.

Okay one of those didn't happen. But you're all nice people*. Hope everyone's doing well, wherever you are.

*trollsnotincluded

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you.":: - FML

I liked the Ambien posts from... was it Ryslin?
Jeet's alts, like the Self Immolating Dictionary.
Dum's comics and the MP3otW, fo sho'.
The ongoing games blogging in the thread, mostly kept alive by BJB and Squeaky, I think?

And twitter is not entirely terrible. There's an awful lot of rubbish there, the character limit was an asinine gimmick from the getgo, and it deserves derision for making "hashtag" a thing... but if you use it judiciously, it can serve as a more convenient RSS tool. (And .plan replacement, in the case of JC.)

Twitter is awful. I used it to keep up with local politics until last week, when I realised politics in Scotland (and probably everywhere else) is fucking awful and bitter and poisonous and miserable. Now I just read about motorcycles and space exploration and bands I like.

I will always remember excitedly reading stuff posted by ACTUAL GAME DEVELOPERS way back when I was still lurking. And my tree fortress on the Minecraft server. Apparently Minecraft now has combat that's more than just clicky clicky.

"One part disembowels me while another slowly eats its way through the gas line. As I bleed out on the floor, it reminds me that I need to buy milk." - Jibble

Oh Christ, please don't let PC go out on a sour note like this. Because it feels fucking depressing. Our hate-mongering PM is not (yet proven to be) involved in this, but still dirty as fuck. And nobody does a damn thing.

Him and his government annulled so many things the previous government set up that I have zero hurt feelings for this shit he got himself into. He's always seemed a poor leader, serving his own interests (building a hugely expensive road no one wanted that just happens to go past some land of his uncle's) and pandering to lowest denominators (tax breaks on cars and tvs but increase taxes on vegetables and cut funding on established environmental projects). Definitely doesn't wish I was there now.

"Roses are red, violets are blue, rubbish is dumped and so are you.":: - FML

Not sure what made Planetcrap pop into my head after so many years. I typed in the URL hit enter, presuming that the site was going to be dead. Nope. Still here, and people are still bitching about it dying. Awesome. Never change PC.

And I remembered my password! I can't remember what I had for lunch last Wednesday. Stupid brain. Anyway, if it does actually get shut down, thanks for the good times a decade or so ago! Will check back in a few years from now.